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Neighbor's German Shepherds bark when left alone. How to stop it?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Help! We have a neighbor who otherwise is quite tolerable or even nice at times. The problem is they have 2 German shepherds that they put in an upstairs room when they leave the house with the windows a little bit open. If we or any other neighbors walk out onto their driveway or lawn or whatever the dogs really get to barking. As you know, the German shepherd bark is one of the loudest for a reason of them being protector type dogs. I'm going to try the "Quiet" command as the article suggests.

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on May 13th, 2019

I really don't think you telling them to be quiet is going to work. Maybe you should suggest to the neighbor that they try using citronella collars on the dogs to curb the barking: ( https://www.amazon.com/Downtown-Pet-Supply-Citronella-Anti-Bark/dp/B00987HPFO )

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